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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Gusto

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AGusto offers payroll, benefits and compliance capabilities. Gusto is scaled for small to mid-sized businesses, and emphasizes an easy to use interface.

    $49

    per month

    Soluno

    Score6 out of 10
    N/ASoluno is a user-friendly, cloud-based accounting and business management software for law firms of all sizes.

    $71

    per month

    Pricing
    GustoSoluno
    Editions & Modules
    Simple: A streamlined set of automatic payroll features and benefits integrations
    $49/month + $6/mo per person
    per month
    Plus: Comprehensive payroll, benefits, and HR tools for employers building a great place to work
    $80/month + $12/mo per person
    per month
    Premium: Scalable payroll and benefits, expert HR, and dedicated support for the complex needs of growing teams
    $180/month + $22/mo per person
    per month
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    GustoSoluno
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsGusto offers three pricing plans for payroll, benefits, and HR.Pricing information -based on "Price Estimator"
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    Community Pulse
    GustoSoluno
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    Gusto
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    92%
    Would buy again
    563 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    464 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    576 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    91%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    316 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    376 Answers
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    Features
    GustoSoluno
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Gusto and Soluno
    Feature
    Gusto
    9.1
    611 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Soluno
    -
    Ratings
    Pay calculation9.5587 Ratings00 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration8.7417 Ratings00 Ratings
    Direct deposit files9.7592 Ratings00 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management9.0462 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reimbursement management9.0196 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    GustoSoluno
    Small Businesses
    Patriot Payroll
    Score8.6 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    APS
    Score5.7 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
    Enterprises
    ADP Streamline Payroll
    Score6.1 out of 10
    No answers on this topic
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    User Ratings
    GustoSoluno
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (633 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.4
    (457 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.4
    (27 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    GustoSoluno
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Gusto
    I think Gusto is well-suited for any business, big or small, to use for accounting purposes. It makes it easy to keep track of many things, such as pay stubs, benefits, paid time off, and much more. Where I could see it being less useful is maybe for enterprise businesses with way more employees.
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    Soluno works well in a smaller firm that is not transaction heavy. I would not recommend this solution to a transaction-heavy or larger law firm such as a busy real estate practice
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    Pros
    Gusto
    • New employee/contractor onboarding - all the documents are stored and easily accessible (the same goes for off-boarding).
    • A one-click option for syncing hours worked with payroll.
    • The option to run payroll on auto-pilot.
    • Ensuring I'm tax compliant with the states we have employees in.
    • Always having digital records of payroll runs.
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    • Soluno provides a comprehensive cloud based legal accounting solution.
    • The billing module in Soluno allows for a one stop option for adjusting and previewing invoices before finalizing.
    • Soluno is setup in such a manner that the interface is easy to follow for active data entry.
    • Soluno has a great drag and drop feature to add documents to the accounts payable module.
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    Cons
    Gusto
    • Digital compliance tools for remote teams
    • Gusto upsold us labor law posters, but I later found them available for free online. Since we’re a fully remote team, I had to manually download and distribute them digitally. It would be much more efficient if Gusto offered free, auto-distributed digital posters tailored to remote compliance.
    • Benefits setup is unintuitive for startups
    • While our rep was helpful, navigating the benefits system felt complex and not tailored to early-stage companies. More guided flows or simplified options for small, remote startups would be a big help.
    • Limited dashboard customization for remote workflows
    • As a fully online company, we’d benefit from dashboard options that highlight relevant tools for remote operations—like compliance tracking, digital communications, or onboarding checklists.
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    • Soluno does not allow for multiple trust to general transfers in one transaction.
    • In my opinion, Soluno is difficult to create/customize reports and billing templates.
    • As Soluno has grown, I feel their support has gotten poor.
    • From my experience, Soluno is glitchy at times and appears to be an ongoing project which has farther to go to meet the needs of larger law firms.
    • Soluno works best for firms that are not transaction heavy. It is not a product I would recommend to a busy real estate firm or any other type of law that is transaction heavy.
    • Soluno does not allow for fee allocation until after a file is billed IE: you cannot split a fee between a responsible attorney and a working attorney at the time entry level.
    • The training and support can use improvement.
    • Needs to be easier to customize re: user security, billing templates, custom reports.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Gusto
    Unless they break it, I'm never leaving. It's just too easy. Gusto is also really affordable, and for what I pay, it's worth having the historical record within the system. I like that I can go back and pull up W2's for year's past. This sort of easy access reporting, has been helpful especially when getting reports for PPP loans.
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    8am
    They have a long way to go in their software development
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    Usability
    Gusto
    Gusto is pretty user-friendly, and the website is easy to navigate overall. They also offer good, responsive customer support and have helpful articles available when needed. So far, I have not had any major issues with the platform and am overall very happy with it.
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    Support Rating
    Gusto
    Gusto's customer service has really deteriorated lately and they seem to have really changed their focus. It used to be when you called you were routed to an individual who knew about payroll, benefits, reporting, etc. but now you get someone who seems to have not received the correct training. My last call about a dismissal payroll took me over an hour of my time and the person still could not help me and finally transferred me to someone else.
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    8am
    Support cannot always answer queries. It takes too long to get an answer or resolution to a problem
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    Implementation Rating
    Gusto
    Reach out to support immediately if you are having trouble setting up Gusto. Rather than being confused and trying to figure it out yourself, it's much better to talk to someone who knows what they are doing. Save yourself time and frustration and reach out to support
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    Alternatives Considered
    Gusto
    While I never actually got to the point of trying out ADP, I had several conversations with an ADP representative, and it seemed that they would be able to provide the same (if not less) level of service for a significantly higher price
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    8am
    PCLaw still has more to offer overall than Soluno however neither program is without its issues. Soluno is still limited in its overall offerings compared to PCLaw. As a cloud-based solution Soluno is still the best option on the market at this time
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    Return on Investment
    Gusto
    • Time tracking + payroll calculations me 30-60 minutes every time I run payroll.
    • Integrated workers' comp, so I didn't have to find an outside carrier and get quotes—it's all taken care of in the same platform.
    • Improved employee experience with onboarding.
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    • The cloud based option makes this solution available anywhere.
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    ScreenShots

    Gusto Screenshots

    Screenshot of Gusto's automated payrollScreenshot of the time-off tracking interfaceScreenshot of the source of truth for HR data